Date Presented 3/30/2017

This quantitative cross-sectional study assessed occupational therapy (OT) student attitudes toward people with mental illness (MI). Attitudes improved overall during the 5-yr OT program; however, no significant differences were found for some attitude factors, such as blame. MI stigma must be addressed in OT training.

Primary Author and Speaker: Christine Linkie

Additional Authors and Speakers: Megan Theuerkauf, Dhanvi Amin, Lauren Dillon, Claudia Anukam, Jennifer Cobler

AOTA Taxonomy:
Education, health services research
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2017
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